How many?

350000 employees (100000 low perf, 150000 med perf, 70000 high perf, 30000 exceeds perf) + AI 250000 employees (20000 medium perf, 170000 high perf, 60000 exceeds perf) + AI 200000 employees (20000 medium perf, 90000 high perf, 90000 exceeds... — read more 

There is a new top down order for the VP level stack ranking to be done by end of JAN and the bottom 20% to be part of the upcoming AWS layoff in FEB.

Amazon cut about 1,800 to 1,900 engineers across several hubs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster. Most layoffs are in Washington + New York + California.

Jan 31 @ 237. Apr 17 @ 172. Oct 17 @ $213. Nov 3 @ $254. Nov 20 @ $217. LAYOFFS!

120,000-140,000 corporate employees voluntarily departing in the next 2-3 months. Vote with your feet! Your signing bonus will be the severance that you're passing up.

For fans dreaming of returning to Middle-earth in a new, next-gen adventure, the news isn’t good. Amazon’s ambitious Lord of the Rings MMORPG, which had been in development since early 2023, has reportedly been cancelled... — read more 

Usually, people are thinking about whether they'll survive within their team. These latest layoffs are about whether the entire team will survive or not. I've never been through anything like this in my life, and I've been working for nearly three... — read more 

The recent round of Amazon corporate layoffs isn’t a sign of an imminent AI apocalypse. It's an expression of the company's brutal corporate culture, enabled by its use of the H-1B visa... — read more 

Here's an scheme to detox Amazon: 1) Eject Andy and his entire S-team. 2) Close 80% of offices. Go remote first (i.e. remote like the Cloud). 3) Remove 70% of managers, keep the top 30% based on team feedback/metrics. 4) Get rid of LPs. Stop saying... — read more 

A 15-hour (!) outage wiping out $1.1B, because spreadsheet pushers and senior management became dominated by folks that knew almost nothing about how AWS worked. Classy! Keep those layoffs coming!

I started an AWS loop interview on the morning when 14,000 Amazon employees were laid off. My first question to the hiring manager was " How is your day going?" and the response was this is a terrible day to interview, you will need to reschedule... — read more 

Great timing for the HOLIDAYS!

The layoffs, which were first reported by Crain’s New York, were disclosed in a filing with the New York State Department of Labor. In total, 660 employees are being laid off by Amazon across nine offices in New York... — read more 

C suites across the globe have shown their ignorance and that they are simply easily led automatons, just a bunch of flashy salesmans cucks more than anything. Visier's previous report, Embracing the AI-Driven Workforce, focused more on the human... — read more 

Mumble.. mumble... layoff... mumble... layoff... mumble.. mumble... layoff!

Agentic AI has a 98-99.5% failure rate. But business leaders are still pretending (lying) AI is taking peoples jobs. https://arxiv.org/html/2510.26787v1 The best-performing current AI agents achieve an automation rate of 2.5%, failing to complete... — read more 

Jassy tried RTO as incentive to leave. Employees were adamant they'd leave in droves. Those who said they'd leave didn't follow through and betrayed everyone else. There was no meaningful uptick in attrition after RTO. What other options does Jassy... — read more 

If you thought that minor stock price bump was big....

2022: 10000 (3%) 2023: 17000 (5%) 2025: 14000 (4%) Silent Layoffs: 28000 (8%) 69000 (20%) Nice.

What is the severance package ?

So glad that in this time of need Amazon has decided that my salary would be better suited going towards the big beautiful ballroom, than me and my family. Thanks corporate overlords.

Amazon Games is winding down support for New World: Aeternum amid layoffs in the division and even deeper job cuts across its parent company. The game debuted on PC in 2021 and it landed on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S just over a year... — read more 

But after Halloween. Too scary.

Just curious if cyber security was impacted in Irvine ca

I just cancelled mine. Your membership will end on 2 November 2025 At that time you will lose your benefits, and your card will not be charged.

Anyone who was laid off yesterday and desperately wanted to sell their houses, I’m here. Price won’t be great but at least for your financial emergency. Don’t thumb this down! This is reality, face iand accept it.

So, given what happened yesterday, how impacted was AWS, particularly the actual techs who worked there?

Allegedly half, around 7,500 people, were notified yesterday. Are they aiming for 14,000 total in this round, or will it continue in January?

thats it. thats the post

Think your digital fingerprint is not all over this. Don’t embarrass your family’s

Feel sorry for you Amazon Bezos Bozo's who bought into all of the Amazonian bull cr-p over the years.

I would even bet h1b hiring will continue

Congrats to all those who wanted to force employers to let you work from home. This mass layoff is not only caused by that, but certainly employers know they want the upper hand. Very naive from employees when you wanted to demand work from home... — read more 

Let this serve as a stark reminder: capitalism, as it exists today, tethered to public markets that demand perpetual growth, is deeply flawed. Amazon, like any publicly traded company, must show quarter over quarter gains. One of the easiest ways to... — read more 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html

The big vesting is in November, and it will be paid in full. This is the last large vest for those of us who were here during the 2022 crash when they topped us up. Going forward vesting is quarterly. It is much smaller because I used a much... — read more 

This is tough. Anyone knows which orgs were affected the most?